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Environmentally Friendly Cities

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The following points outline the definition of an environmentally friendly city: (1) An environmentally friendly city centers on harmony between humanity and nature and adopts a holistic perspective incorporating all aspects of economic development, social behavior, the political system, culture, science, and technology in an organically unified development framework that will root out environmental problems during urban development.

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    Ren et al. [1].

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    Song [2].

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    Fang [3].

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    Zhang [4].

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    Zhang and Zheng [5].

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    Ren et al. [1].

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    Su and Yi [6].

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    Li et al. [7].

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    Zhou et al. [8].

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    Zhang and Zheng [5].

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    Zhang [4].

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    Wen and Li [9].

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    Huang [10].

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    Huang [10].

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    Wu et al. [11].

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    Ma [12].

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    Xu [13].

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    Wu and Dong [14].

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    Wang [15].

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    Xie [16].

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    Pan [17].

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    Ren et al. [18].

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    Zhang [4].

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    Li and Li [19].

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    Yu and Ren [20].

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    Pan [21].

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    Zhao [22].

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    Wei [23].

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    Li and Li [19].

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    Wu et al. [24].

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Chang, G. (2016). Environmentally Friendly Cities. In: Li, J., Yang, T. (eds) China's Eco-city Construction. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48153-0_3

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